Clothes-line fastener.



No. 864,937. PATENTED SEPT. 3,1907. .0. G. THOMPSON.

CLOTHES LINE FASTENER. APPLICATION rum) NOV.17.1908.

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UNITED STATES CHARLES GASTON THOMPSON, OF WILKINSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

CLOTHES-LINE FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 3, 1907.

Application filed November 17,1906- Serial No. 343,908-

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES GASTON THOMPSON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Wilkinsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in(llothes liine Fasteners, of which the following is a specification,reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to improvements in devices for fasteningclothes-lines and the like, and consists in the novel constructionhm-einafter described and claimed.

The object of the invention. is to provide a simple, inexpensive andpractical device of this character to which a clothes'line may bequickly and effectively secured and from which it may be as readilyreleased.

The above and other objects which will appear as the nature of theinventhm is better understood, are accomplished by the constructionillustrated in the accoi n panying drawings, in which,

Figure 'l is a side elevation of my improved clothesline fastener; Fig.2 is a vertical transverse section taken en ti e plane indicated by theline 22 in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken on the planeindicated by the line .i-3 in Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is a view, showing aline or rope applied to the fastener.

My improved clothes-line fastener is in the form of a double hook orchat adapted to be secured upon a wall, post or other support and aboutwhich the clothes-line may be readily wrapped or wound. The devicecomprises a fastening head 1 which resembles in shape, an arrow head andwhich is formed upon the outer end of a stem or shank 2. The inner endof the latter may be provided with a screw-threaded point or with anyother means by which it may be secured upon a support, but I preferablyform upon said end of the shank a cross piece 3 having apertures 4 forthe reception of screws or other fastening devices. The cross piece orblock 3is preferably of rectangular form and has a flat, rear face toengage the flat surface of a support. The arrowshaped fastening head 1.is disposed vertically and has n-ojecting from its bread or enlargedrear end two outwardly curved horns or projections 5. The forwardlytapering, front or outer end 6 of the head 1 is bifurcated by a V-shapedslot or notch 7 which divides said end into two similar V-shaped points8. The notch 7 extends into the head approximately two-thirds of itslength and terminates in a point 9 so that the clothesline may betightly wedged therein to prevent slippin The head or body 1 issubstantially flat, that is, the op posite sides of its central portionare flat and parallel, but it is of gradually decreasing thickness fromits center to its outer edges, as clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3 of thedrawings.

In use, it will be seen that the device is rigidly secured upon a wall,post or other support by screws passed through the openings 4 in itsbase or cross piece 3, and that the clothes line or the like after beingpassed around the upper horn of the arrow shaped head, is then drawninto the V-shaped notch 7 until it is tightly wedged therein. The lineis then passed around the stem or shank 2 and then wrapped one or moretimes around the arrow shaped body and its horn as shown in Fig. 4 or inany other suitable manner so that it will be effectively secured to thedevice. When the line is thus secured it will be impossible for it toslip and since no knotting or tying of the line is necessary, it may bequickly and easily released from the device. Owing to its simple nature,it will be seen that the device may be cast in a single piece of metalat a comparatively small expense.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States is,

A device of the character described comprising a flat body having thearrow shaped head 1 formed at its ta pered outer end (i with theV-shapcd notch 7, said head being also formed at its enlarged rear endwith the outwardly and rearwardly projecting horns 5, said hornslying'in the longitudinal plane of the body, and the attaching shank 2projecting rearwardly from the middle of the enlarged rear end of thearrow shaped head and midway between said horns. said shank being alsoin the longitudinal plane of the body, substantially as shown anddescribed.

In testimony whereof I hereunto atiix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

CIIiRIJIGS GASTON THOMPSON.

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